September 2010

I am making progress with the linkage simulator. I now have a guess as to how to write the code for the sliding connectors. Waiting a while before trying to write code sometimes lets it work itself out in the back of my head somehow. The boat didn’t…

We tested the boat yesterday. It smokes a little bit and leaks a little but seems seaworthy. We’re heading to the boat-in campground tonight. I need to pull the breaker on the bilge-pump so it doesn’t pump all night and run down the battery. I have jumper cables…

The new hoses for the hydraulic trim on the boat just arrived. Too bad we’ve decided not to keep it (the boat). We’ll have it for a month but once it’s time to store it for winter, we’re going to either sell it or pass it along to…

As expected, I have tired of blog writing after a few days. More importantly, I’ve run out of things to write. So much for “blog therapy.” The boat outdrive trim hydraulics uses motor oil, as far as I can tell and from what my brother tells me. That’s…